Mario Golf: World Tour and Kirby: Triple Deluxe make May 2 a day to remember

When you see two round objects rolling your way, don’t be alarmed:
They’re probably just a harmless golf ball and a familiar pink puffball.
On May 2, theMario Golf:
World Tour and Kirby:
Triple Deluxe games are launching in stores and in the Nintendo
eShop on the Nintendo 3DS
family of systems. It’s a double dose of Nintendo! Both games are the
next installments in their respective franchises and the first of their
series on Nintendo 3DS. Both games also feature some of the most loved
and iconic characters in the Nintendo universe. And, best of all, both
games are ridiculously fun.

Mario Golf: World Tour: Players can drive, swing and putt
using their favorite residents of the Mushroom Kingdom like Mario, Luigi
and Princess Peach, or their Mii characters. Exciting courses that are
filled with Warp Pipes or even Piranha Plants await players in Mario
Golf: World Tour, as well as more traditional golf courses.

It wouldn’t be a golf game set in the Mushroom Kingdom if power-ups
inspired by the Super Mario Bros. series weren’t waiting to be
activated. Mario Golf: World Tour features plenty of items that
can add an extra element of fun to the game when used. The Dash
Mushroom, for example, gives the golf ball extra speed when it hits the
ground; the Fire Flower burns through leaves and tufts of grass; and the
Bullet Bill power-up allows the ball to fly in a straight line and
ignore wind.

When not playing one of the numerous courses, players can wander the
expansive Castle Club and its luxurious grounds as a Mii character to
purchase new gear, visit the trophy room or take a break in the lounge
to hang out with Mario and friends. There are hundreds of pieces of gear
to unlock in the game, including shirts, pants, gloves, hats, golf clubs
and golf balls. Each piece of gear can enhance Mii characters’ golf
attributes and add power or control to their shots, according to their
play style.

Mario Golf: World Tour also features extensive online multiplayer
matches as well as communities that players can customize with unique
tournament rules. During these matches, up to four players from all over
the world with a wireless broadband Internet connection can play
together on the various courses in the game. Players can choose either
to take turns or to engage in simultaneous play, meaning everyone takes
shots at the same time. Either way, players can use built-in emoticons
to let rivals know how they’re feeling about the game. This unique twist
on traditional multiplayer matches adds a level of fast-paced excitement
to the proceedings.

In addition to being able to create their own custom tournaments,
players can also participate in online tournaments hosted by Nintendo to
get all sorts of new in-game gear. These scheduled events could range
from nine-hole tournaments to smaller-scale events such as longest-drive
challenges, coin-gathering challenges or even speed golf. Through
SpotPass notifications, players will be informed of upcoming
tournaments, and all they need to do is play the event and upload their
scores before the event deadline. Nintendo is even collaborating with
Callaway Golf Company for a series of in-game tournaments that begin on
May 22. During these tournaments, players are rewarded with exclusive
Callaway in-game items like golf clubs and golf balls just for
participating.

Fans of the series can also expand their play options by purchasing up
to three packs of downloadable content as they release, which will add a
total of 108 new holes and three playable Mushroom Kingdom characters.
Through Toad’s Booth in the game, the packs can be purchased
individually at $5.99, or all together at a discounted rate of $14.99
with the Season Pass. Players who purchase the Season Pass will receive
the packs as they become available and also have instant access to a
special Gold Mario playable character. Fans who purchase all three packs
separately will be able to get Gold Mario once all packs are available.
Players can even participate in Trial Tournaments to sample courses from
the downloadable packs available at that time, once they download the
Trial Pack from Toad’s Booth in the game.

Mario Golf: World Tour will launch in stores and in the Nintendo
eShop on Nintendo 3DS on May 2 at a suggested retail price of $29.99.
Fans can also now download the demo version in the Nintendo eShop on
Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 2DS. For more information about the game,
visit http://mariogolf.nintendo.com.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe: In Kirby: Triple Deluxe,
players must help Kirby save longtime rival King Dedede by traveling
through numerous colorful worlds while inhaling enemies, copying their
abilities and jumping back and forth between foreground and background
in dynamic 3D side-scrolling levels.

Kirby’s legendary ability to copy enemies’ powers returns, allowing him
to inhale, spit and transform into new forms like the bow-wielding
Archer and the horn-sporting Beetle, as well as returning classics like
Parasol, Hammer and Sword. These forms each possess their own abilities
and help Kirby make his way through numerous challenges. New to the
Kirby series and a highlight of Kirby: Triple Deluxe is Kirby’s
new, dramatic Hypernova ability. After collecting Miracle Fruit, Kirby
will be imbued with the ability to inhale almost anything that stands in
his way, including massive obstacles and entire sections of levels. The
Hypernova ability can also come in handy for solving massive puzzles
that Kirby might encounter throughout the game.

While taking a break from the action of the single-player adventure, up
to four friends can duke it out in the Kirby Fighters multiplayer battle
mode via local wireless or Download Play. Kirby Fighters finds players
picking their favorite copy abilities and using them in fighting-game
style matches against friends or the game’s AI (artificial
intelligence). With Download Play support, four friends can play
together using only one game card. (Additional Nintendo 3DS systems are
required for multiplayer modes.)

Fans of collecting hidden items will love Kirby: Triple Deluxe.
The game has more than 250 keychains that are hidden in each stage.
Every keychain is inspired by the gorgeous character sprite art from
classic Kirby games like Kirby’s Dream Land and Kirby Super Star.
Keychains can also be collected by using the StreetPass functionality of
the Nintendo 3DS system to tag other players who also have the game.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe will also launch in stores and in the
Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 2DS on May 2 at a suggested
retail price of $34.99. For more information about the game, visit http://kirby.nintendo.com/triple-deluxe/.

Remember that Nintendo 3DS features parental controls that let adults
manage the content their children can access. For more information about
this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/3ds.